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(iii) the seller/exporter no longer being 

allowed to participate in the certification 

process. 

K. I understand that agents of the seller/ 

exporter, such as freight forwarding 

companies or brokers, are not permitted to 

make this certification. 

L. This certification was completed and 

signed, and a copy of the certification was 

provided to the importer, on, or prior to, the 

date of shipment if the shipment date is after 

the date of publication of the notice of 

Commerce’s preliminary determination of 

circumvention in the Federal Register. If the 

shipment date is on or before the date of 

publication of the notice of Commerce’s 

preliminary determination of circumvention 

in the Federal Register, this certification was 

completed and signed, and a copy of the 

certification was provided to the importer, by 

no later than 45 days after publication of the 

notice of Commerce’s preliminary 

determination of circumvention in the 

Federal Register. 

M. I am aware that U.S. law (including, but 

not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 1001) imposes 

criminal sanctions on individuals who 

knowingly and willfully make materially 

false statements to the U.S. government. 

Signature 

{NAME OF COMPANY OFFICIAL} 

{TITLE OF COMPANY OFFICIAL} 

{DATE} 

[FR Doc. 2023–18252 Filed 8–23–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Manufacturing Extension Partnership 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

announces that the Manufacturing 

Extension Partnership (MEP) Advisory 

Board will hold an open meeting on 

Wednesday, September 13, 2023. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, September 13, 2023, from 

10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

person at the Buffalo Niagara 

Convention Center, 153 Franklin St., 

Buffalo, NY 14202. Please note 

admittance instructions in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. Interested parties should be sure 

to check the NIST MEP Advisory Board 

website for the most up-to-date 

information at http://www.nist.gov/mep/ 

about/advisory-board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheryl L. Gendron, Hollings 

Manufacturing Extension Partnership 

Program, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 

Stop 4800, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–4800; telephone number 301– 

975–2785; email: cheryl.gendron@

nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MEP 

Advisory Board is authorized under 15 

U.S.C. 278k(m), in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 

U.S.C. 1001 et seq. The Hollings 

Manufacturing Extension Partnership 

Program (Program) is a unique program 

consisting of Centers in all 50 states and 

Puerto Rico with partnerships at the 

federal, state and local levels. By statute, 

the MEP Advisory Board provides the 

NIST Director with: (1) advice on the 

activities, plans and policies of the 

Program; (2) assessments of the 

soundness of the plans and strategies of 

the Program; and (3) assessments of 

current performance against the plans of 

the Program. 

Background information on the MEP 

Advisory Board is available at http://

www.nist.gov/mep/about/advisoryboard. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 

1001 et seq., notice is hereby given that 

the MEP Advisory Board will hold an 

open meeting on Wednesday, 

September 13, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 

5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting 

will be open to the public. The meeting 

agenda will include an update on the 

MEP programmatic operations, as well 

as provide guidance and advice on 

current activities related to the current 

MEP National NetworkTM 2023–2027 

Strategic Plan. The agenda may change 

to accommodate Board business. The 

final agenda will be posted on the MEP 

Advisory Board website at http://

www.nist.gov/mep/about/advisoryboard. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

MEP Advisory Board’s business are 

invited to request a place on the agenda. 

Approximately 20 minutes will be 

reserved for public comments at the end 

of the meeting. Speaking times will be 

assigned on a first-come, first-served 

basis. The amount of time per speaker 

will be determined by the number of 

requests received but is likely to be no 

more than three to five minutes each. 

Requests must be submitted by email to 

cheryl.gendron@nist.gov and must be 

received by Wednesday, September 6, 

2023, to be considered. The exact time 

for public comments will be included in 

the final agenda that will be posted on 

the MEP Advisory Board website at 

http://www.nist.gov/mep/about/ 

advisory-board. Questions from the 

public will not be considered during 

this period. Speakers who wish to 

expand upon their oral statements, 

those who wished to speak but could 

not be accommodated on the agenda or 

those who are/were unable to attend the 

meeting are invited to submit written 

statements by email to cheryl.gendron@

nist.gov. 

Admittance Instructions: All wishing 

to attend the MEP Advisory Board 

meeting must submit their name, 

organization, email address and phone 

number to Cheryl Gendron 

(Cheryl.Gendron@nist.gov or 301–975– 

2785) no later than Wednesday, 

September 6, 2023, 5 p.m. Eastern Time. 

In person seating is limited and will be 

available on a first-come, first-served 

basis. Detailed instructions on how to 

join the meeting will be sent to 

registered attendees. 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

A Preliminary Update From the Internet 

of Things Federal Working Group 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks 

comments on the document A 

Preliminary Update from the Internet of 

Things Federal Working Group 

(Preliminary Update). The Preliminary 

Update was developed from input from 

the Federal Working Group and public 

information presented at the NIST IoT 

Advisory Board. It is intended to 

document the current state of the IoT 

Federal Working Group’s approach to 

addressing the reporting requirements 

in the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116–283). 

DATES: Comments in response to this 

notice must be received by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern time on September 25, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted by mail to Barbara Cuthill, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 

2000, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. 

Electronic submissions may be sent to 

iotfwg@nist.gov, and may be in any of 


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the following formats: HTML, ASCII, 

Word, RTF, or PDF. 

The Preliminary Update is available 

electronically from the NIST website at: 

IoT Federal Working Group | NIST. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, contact: 

Barbara Cuthill, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, NIST, MS 2000, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, 

telephone (301) 975–3273, email 

IoTFWG@nist.gov. Please direct media 

inquiries to NIST’s Public Affairs Office 

at (301) 975–NIST. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

January, 2020, the Congress enacted the 

William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116–283). Section 

9204(b)(5) of this act established the 

Internet of Things Federal Working 

Group (IoTFWG) with NIST as the 

convenor of the working group. The 

specific duties assigned to the IoTFWG 

are: 

Duties.—The working group shall— 

(A) identify any Federal regulations, 

statutes, grant practices, budgetary or 

jurisdictional challenges, and other 

sector-specific policies that are 

inhibiting, or could inhibit, the 

development or deployment of the 

Internet of Things; 

(B) consider policies or programs that 

encourage and improve coordination 

among Federal agencies that have 

responsibilities that are relevant to the 

objectives of this section; 

(C) consider any findings or 

recommendations made by the IoT 

Advisory Board and, where appropriate, 

act to implement those 

recommendations; 

(D) examine— 

(i) how Federal agencies can benefit 

from utilizing the Internet of Things; 

(ii) the use of Internet of Things 

technology by Federal agencies as of the 

date on which the working group 

performs the examination; 

(iii) the preparedness and ability of 

Federal agencies to adopt Internet of 

Things technology as of the date on 

which the working group performs the 

examination and in the future; and 

(iv) any additional security measures 

that Federal agencies may need to take 

to— 

(I) safely and securely use the Internet 

of Things, including measures that 

ensure the security of critical 

infrastructure; and 

(II) enhance the resiliency of Federal 

systems against cyber threats to the 

Internet of Things; and 

(E) in carrying out the examinations 

required under subclauses (I) and (II) of 

subparagraph (D)(iv), ensure to the 

maximum extent possible the 

coordination of the current and future 

activities of the Federal Government 

relating to security with respect to the 

Internet of Things. 

The Preliminary Update as presented, 

is intended to obtain broad comments 

and feedback to help the IoTFWG build 

recommendations for future federal 

actions to encourage the development 

and deployment of the Internet of 

Things. 

Request for Comments 

NIST seeks public comments on the 

Preliminary Update electronically from 

the NIST website at: IoT Federal 

Working Group | NIST. Written 

comments may be submitted by mail to 

Barbara Cuthill, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Stop 2000, Gaithersburg, MD 

20899. Electronic submissions may be 

sent to iotfwg@nist.gov . 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272(b), (c), & (e); 

15 U.S.C. 278g–3. 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket No. 230814–0193] 

Request for Comments on Draft FIPS– 

203, Draft FIPS–204, and Draft FIPS– 

205 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

requests comments on three draft 

Federal Information Processing 

Standards (FIPS): FIPS 203, ModuleLattice-Based Key-Encapsulation 

Mechanism Standard, FIPS 204, 

Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature 

Standard, and FIPS 205, Stateless Hashbased Digital Signature Standard. These 

proposed standards specify key 

establishment and digital signature 

schemes that are designed to resist 

future attacks by quantum computers, 

which threaten the security of current 

standards. The three algorithms 

specified in these standards are each 

derived from different submissions in 

the NIST post-quantum cryptography 

standardization project (see: https://

csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post-quantumcryptography/post-quantumcryptography-standardization). 

DATES: Comments on FIPS 203, FIPS 

204, or FIPS 205 must be received on or 

before November 22, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: The drafts of FIPS 203, FIPS 

204, and FIPS 205 are available for 

review and comment on the NIST 

Computer Security Resource Center 

website at https://csrc.nist.gov and at 

www.regulations.gov. Comments on 

FIPS 203 may be sent electronically to 

FIPS-203-comments@nist.gov with 

‘‘Comment on FIPS 203’’ in the subject 

line or submitted via 

www.regulations.gov. Comments on 

FIPS 204 may be sent electronically to 

FIPS-204-comments@nist.gov with 

‘‘Comment on FIPS 204’’ in the subject 

line or via www.regulations.gov. 

Comments on FIPS 205 may be sent 

electronically to FIPS-205-comments@

nist.gov with ‘‘Comment on FIPS 205’’ 

in the subject line or via 

www.regulations.gov. Written comments 

may also be submitted by mail to 

Information Technology Laboratory, 

ATTN: FIPS Comments, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8930, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930. 

All relevant comments received by 

the deadline will be published 

electronically at https://csrc.nist.gov 

and www.regulations.gov without 

change or redaction, so commenters 

should not include information they do 

not wish to be posted (e.g., personal or 

confidential business information). 

Comments that contain profanity, 

vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate 

language or content will not be posted 

or considered. After the comment 

period closes, NIST will analyze the 

comments, make changes to the 

documents as appropriate, and then 

propose the drafts FIPS 203, FIPS 204, 

and FIPS 205 to the Secretary of 

Commerce for approval. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Dustin Moody, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Mail Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, 

MD 20899–8930, email: Dustin.Moody@

nist.gov, phone: (301) 975–8136. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Over the 

past several years, there has been steady 

progress toward building quantum 

computers. The security of many 

commonly used public-key 

cryptosystems would be at risk if largescale quantum computers were ever 

realized. In particular, this would 

include key-establishment schemes and 

digital signatures that are based on 

integer factorization and discrete 

logarithms (both over finite fields and 

elliptic curves). As a result, in 2017, the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) initiated a public 


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